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minus-squareMyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up20·1 month agoRight! I think the only thing they missed is airplanes just not being necessary for delivery (unless you count in-flight wi-fi). And the grammaphone was just leapfrogged; the first news radio broadcast was only 7 years after this cartoon
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoWe do have small aircraft (drones) being used for deliveries now though, so not completely wrong
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month ago And the grammaphone was just leapfrogged; the first news radio broadcast was only 7 years after this cartoon These phone services were the current tech when the strip was printed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_newspaper
Right! I think the only thing they missed is airplanes just not being necessary for delivery (unless you count in-flight wi-fi). And the grammaphone was just leapfrogged; the first news radio broadcast was only 7 years after this cartoon
We do have small aircraft (drones) being used for deliveries now though, so not completely wrong
These phone services were the current tech when the strip was printed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_newspaper